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J. E. MONTGOMERY & W. G. HATGHER.

, GAGE. No. 340,592. Patented Apr. 27, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES E. MONTGOMERY AND VILLIAM O. HATOI-IEP, OF NORBORNE, MO.

GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,592, dated April 27, 188G.

. ScrialNo.]90,479. (NomodeL) T0 aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES E. MONTGOM- ERY and WILLIAM G. HATCHER, citizens of the United States, residing at Norborne, in the county of Carroll and Stateof Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in XVeather-Boarding Gages; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention is a gagefor carpenters use, and'is designed especially for use in building frame houses.

It consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of our device, showing it as applied to the side of a building, which is shown in section. Fig. 2 is a front elevation, and Fig. 3 is a detail side view, of our device, showing it folded for packing or transportation.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the main bar of our device. It consists of a flat iron or steel bar having its ends a a bent at right angles, as shown, for the purposes presently set forth. The edges of this main bar are made perfectly straight, and a measure, A, is marked along one of them, as shown in Fig. 2. The main bar is also provided with a slot or groove, A as shown. A supplemental bar, B, is adjustably pivotally secured to the main bar by means of a screw, 0, and thumb-nut G. The screw 0 is passed through a screw-hole in the upper end of the main bar and a slot, B, in the lower end of the supplemental bar, and the thumb-nut G is passed over the end of the screw and turned up against the bar B, as shown in Fig. 1. This supplemental bar B has its upper end, 13*, turned at right angles and provided with a sharpened edge, as inost clearly shown in Fig. 1. The lower end of the bar 13 is provided with a lug or boss, I), which works in the slot or groove A in the main bar A.

The manner of using our device will be readily understood. The lowest two boards are secured in position on the building and properly spaced. The gage is then applied by placing the main bar against the weatherb'oarding, as shown in Fig. 1. The supplemental bar is then adjusted upon the main bar until the distance between the end a of the main bar and the end B of the supplemental bar is equal to the distance between the lower edges of the overlapping boards.

The adjustment of the supplemental bar is readily effected by reason of the slot B and thumb-nut O turning on the screw 0, passed through the said slot, as will be readily n11- derstood. The lug or boss 1), working in the groove or slot A prevents the supplemental bar turning upon the screw 0 as a pivot in case the thumb-nut fails to secure it, and we thus doubly provide for holding the supplemental bar in the position to which it may be adjusted.

After the adjustment of the supplemental bar has been effected the device is applied, as shown in Fig. 1, with the upper bent end, a, of the main bar resting against the lower edge of the board last secured in position. The sharpened or pointed bent end B of the supplemental bar is then forced into the before-mentioned last-laid board, making a cut or puncture therein, as will be readily under stood. Tacks or small nails are then driven in the line of these cuts or punctures, with a portion projecting, upon which the next board rests until proper] y secured in position in the ordinary manner. This operation is repeated until the entire weather-boarding is secured in position.

\Vhcn it is desired to fit the ends of the boards to a corner of the house or to a window or door frame, the gage is placed in position, as shown in Fig. 2, with the upper hook, at, of the main bar resting upon the upper edge of the board last placed in position, and with both hooks a a resting against the post or frame D. A knife, pencil, or any convenient device is then drawn along the edge of the main bar across the board, thereby accurately indicating how much of the board is to be cut off.

When the device is not in use, it can be folded, so as to be conveniently carried by I loosening the thumb-nut O sufficiently to allow the supplemental bar to be drawn away from the main bar, so as to disengage the lug b from the groove A The supplemental bar is then given one-half of a complete revolution and the thumb-nut tightened, when the several parts will have the relative positions shown in Fig. 3, and the device will be in convenient form to carry.

-Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat- 2. The herein shown and described weather-boarding gage, consisting of a main bar having its end bent at right angles and provided with a slot or groove through a portion of its length, a supplemental bar having its upper end bent at a right angle and sharpened, and provided with a slot near its lower end, and having alug or boss at its lower end, which works in the groove or slot in the main bar, and a screw passed through a hole in the main bar and the slot in the supplemental bar, and provided with a thumb-nut, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES E. MONTGOMERY. \VILLIAM O. HATGHER.

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